Many 'Royalty' purple raspberries are ripe now, as well as red raspberries and black raspberries. |
'Natchez' blackberries will continue to ripen for the next 3 to 4 weeks, until about July 14. Our 3 other blackberry varieties will continue to ripen heavily through July 31, and some blackberries will still ripen until about Aug. 4.
Red raspberries are still ripening. Tracy Alloway (far right) and her kids Jay (center) and Ryen (left) picked a flat of red raspberries and a flat of 'Natchez' blackberries this morning. |
We will have about 30% of a full peach crop for sale this year, mainly from about July 20 to Aug. 20. We will have only a few peaches for sale before July 20 and after Aug. 20, as the early and late peach varieties were greatly hurt by 6 frosts during bloom. We had some 'Surecrop' peaches, our earliest variety, over the last 4 days, but all have sold now. The entire 'Early Redhaven' crop was lost to frosts, most of the 'Newhaven' crop was lost, and almost all of the 'Challenger' crop was lost. We should have a few 'Nectar' white peaches in early-mid July, and from mid-July to mid-August we should have a good supply of 'Intrepid', then 'Contender', then 'Glowingstar' peaches.
From June 1 to Aug. 31, we're open our summer hours: open Mon. to Sat. 7:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 7-9 p.m., and Sundays 7-9 p.m. only. We're closed Sunday mornings for church, and closed every afternoon from 12 noon to 7 p.m. during the summer due to high heat. You may come any time during our open hours (no appointment needed in summer); just allow enough time to finish picking by our closing time. Get here at 7:30 a.m. if you can, to beat the heat!
We still have many 'Enterprise' apples for sale, for the next 3 to 4 weeks. These apples taste much better than any sold in grocery stores, and are great for baking as well as fresh eating. I give taste samples. Our #1 apples, with no damage, sell just as fast as I sort them. A 20-lb. box of #1 apples still costs $23.15 + tax ($1.15 per pound + tax), which saves $1.00 off the per-pound price. We also have some 2nds apples, with small cork spots, cracks or other surface damage. A 20-lb. box of 2nds apples costs just $14.82 + tax ($0.74 per pound + tax).
We also still have cracked 'Kanza' pecans for sale, for the next 2 to 3 weeks. Pecans are still $15.05 per 5-pound bag + tax.
For payment, we accept cash and checks (from any state), but NO credit cards or debit cards, as the sidebar at left details. We do not have a card reader or a phone line to the sales building. Please bring your checkbook or enough cash to cover the amount of fruit you want to buy. Thanks.